After five years of romance, they got married on1October 27th1916165438+. On the Christmas Eve of 1928, Lucy gave birth to Rommel's only son Manfred.
Rommel participated in two world wars and spent most of his life separated from his beloved, which deepened Rommel's love for his wife. Rommel loved war, but he loved his wife even more. Wherever he goes, no matter where he fights, he always holds his wife's photo in his arms and takes it out from time to time.
No matter how busy the war is, Rommel always writes to his wife to express his love. He wrote thousands of letters, at least once a day and sometimes twice. The manuscript paper is randomly selected from the office or the command post. Lucy's letter is very detailed. She often types until two or three in the morning.
When Rommel died, there were more than a dozen boxes of letters between him and his wife at home. Rommel was probably the senior general who wrote the most letters to his wife in World War II.
Keep your distance from other women
Since falling in love with Lucy, Rommel has generally kept a certain distance from other women, neither giving other women a chance nor leaving himself a chance to make mistakes.
After he became famous, many German girls wrote to him. He once joked with his wife, "If only I were a lieutenant, there would be so many letters."
During 1944, Rommel often ate and drank tea in hotels run by female soldiers. At that time, he was the youngest marshal of the German army. Some beautiful girls and nurses often surround him for autographs. Some girls are fascinated by this famous idol. As soon as they saw Rommel, they gathered around to give gifts and looked at him affectionately. Some bold girls simply gave Rommel their photos.
One day, Rommel was surrounded by a group of girls signing autographs in the room. The enthusiasm of the girls and the strong smell of French perfume made him a little overwhelmed. He quickly dodged and said to his subordinates with a sly smile, "Some girls are so charming that I am almost fascinated by them." However, Rommel once said, "Lucy has become a part of my life, and betraying Lucy is betraying my own life."
Pay a heavy price for your wife.
1June 6, 944, the allied forces began to land in Normandy. But at this time, Rommel, commander of German B Army on the West Line, was not at the front, but happily held a 50th birthday party for his wife at home.
Prior to this, the military situation on the western front was extremely tense, but Rommel drove back to his hometown in Germany from the Normandy front and brought a pair of new shoes he bought for his wife in Paris.
Rommel got a call from the front and rushed back to the front headquarters overnight. Since then, Rommel has been unlucky.
On July 17 of the same year, Rommel was attacked by two allied planes on his way back to the headquarters from the Normandy front. The fast-moving car hit a tree on the side of the road and threw him out of the car. After first aid, he was found to have four fractures in his head. Two days after Rommel was injured by bombing, the "July 20" incident happened, and Rommel was suspected of being involved. In fact, this matter has something to do with Lucy. It turned out that Rommel's chief of staff was Lieutenant General Gauss, who once lived in Rommel's home. Lucy is at odds with General Gauss's wife and often quarrels. Lucy was upset and asked her husband to dismiss Gauss. Rommel really did it. He chose his compatriot Lieutenant General Paidar as his chief of staff, and Paidar was an important figure in the plot to overthrow Hitler.
After the failed coup, Paidar and others involved Rommel in the confession, and Colonel stauffenberg, who placed a time bomb in the conference room of Hitler's base camp, was originally an old subordinate of Rommel, which made it difficult for Rommel to defend himself at the moment and had to choose the road of taking poison to commit suicide. In this sense, Rommel paid the price of his life for his wife.